Titanium 15-3-3-3 vs. SAE-AISI D3 Steel
Titanium 15-3-3-3 belongs to the titanium alloys classification, while SAE-AISI D3 steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 28 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is titanium 15-3-3-3 and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI D3 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 100 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 5.7 to 8.0 | |
| 9.8 to 15 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 610 to 710 | |
| 310 to 940 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 39 | |
| 74 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 660 to 810 | |
| 470 to 1220 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1120 to 1390 | |
| 770 to 2050 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 1100 to 1340 | |
| 480 to 1550 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 390 | |
| 270 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1620 | |
| 1430 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1560 | |
| 1390 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 520 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 8.1 | |
| 31 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 9.8 | |
| 12 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 1.2 | |
| 3.0 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.3 | |
| 3.5 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 40 | |
| 8.0 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 4.8 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 59 | |
| 3.2 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 950 | |
| 48 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 260 | |
| 100 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 78 to 89 | |
| 97 to 180 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 12 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 32 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 64 to 80 | |
| 28 to 74 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 50 to 57 | |
| 24 to 47 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.2 | |
| 8.3 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 79 to 98 | |
| 23 to 63 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 2.5 to 3.5 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 2.0 to 2.4 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 2.5 to 3.5 | |
| 11 to 13.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 80.3 to 87 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.6 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.13 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.6 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 2.5 to 3.5 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 72.6 to 78.5 | |
| 0 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 14 to 16 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |